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• The DSpace Frontend consists of a User Interface built on Angular.io.  It is a Node.js web application, i.e. once it is compiled, it only require Node.js to run. It cannot be run "standalone", as it requires a valid DSpace Backend to function.  The frontend provides all user-facing functionality.
• The DSpace Backend consists of a Server API ("server" webapp), built on Spring Boot.  It is a Java web application. It can be run standalone, however it has no user interface.  The backend provides all machine-based interfaces, including the REST API, OAI-PMH, SWORD (v1 and v2) and RDF.

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